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Cadmium and Its Neurotoxic Effects Table 1 Summary of the “safe” level for human contacted of Cd.
Organization/Authors Year Approach Dose Reference FAO/WHO
1988 Intake 400–500 μ g/week [3 ] WHO 1992 Intake 7 μ g·kg−1 b.w./week or 1 μ g·kg−1 b.w./day [38 ] FAO/WHO 1993 Intake 7 μ g·kg−1 b.w./week [39 ] Satarug et al. 2000 Intake 30 μ g/day [40 ] Nasreddine and Parent-Massin 2002 Intake 10–30 μ g/day [41 ] WHO 2004 Drinking-water 3 μ g/L [42 ] FAO/WHO 2006 Food 0.4 mg/kg of the BMDL of R-Cd standard [43 ] ACGIH. 2007 Blood 5 μ g/L [44 ] EFSA 2009 Intake 2.5 μ g·kg−1 b.w./week [45 ] FAO/WHO 2010 Intake 5.8 μ g·kg−1 b.w./week [46 ] CPSC 2010 Intake
0.1 μ g·kg−1 b.w./day [4 ]
ACGIH: American conference of governmental industrial hygienists; CPSC: Consumer Product Safety Commission; FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization; WHO: World Health Organization; b.w.: body weight.